upReach Impact Report - Flipbook - Page 9
Diversity Indicators
All Associates on our programme must meet our minimum eligibility criteria of having a household
income below £42,620 and attending UK state schools only prior to university.
In addition to this, the 2019 graduates had the following characteristics:
71%
Female
75%
Household income
below £25,000
Previously Eligible for
Free School Meals
First in family to
attend university
8%
2%
3%
Previously
a carer
55%
54%
Previously
in care
65%
From ethnically diverse
background 6
Refugee/ Asylum
status
10%
Identified as
having a disability
6%
Identified
as LGBTQ+
Geography
The 2019 graduates studied at 43 Universities across the UK.
Previous to this, they attended 341 different state sixth forms and
colleges.
49% lived in Greater London whilst studying for their A Levels (or
equivalent). 13% lived in the South East of England, 9% lived in the
South West and North West, 6% lived in Wales and the West
Midlands, 5% lived in the East Midlands, 3% in the North East and
1% lived in Scotland.
35% lived in POLAR4 Quintiles 1 and 2 and 33% of those with
English postcodes came from the 20% most deprived small areas Fig 2. Universities Attended by
nationally.
the 2019 Graduates
Notes
6. Including 35% Asian or Asian British, 18% Black African, Black Caribbean or Black British, 6% Mixed or multiple ethnic groups and 3% other
ethnic groups.
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